One of the more interesting teams in the NFL is absolutely the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite winning double-digit games in each of the last four seasons, and finishing with a winning record five years in a row, this team still seems to find themselves in some sort of drama, whether that's during the season or in the offseason.
Much of what Philly went through on offense during the season checked off that drama box for the 2025 season, and the months-long A.J. Brown saga was this offseason's drama. That said, most teams across the league would love to have the success that Philly has had. They've been to two Super Bowls since 2022 and won it all in 2024.
The team, though, has either appeared/won the Super Bowl or went one-and-done in the playoffs each year since 2021. In 2021, 2023, and 2025, Philly got bounced out in the Wild Card Round. In 2022, they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, and in 2024, they won it all. Anyway, could head coach Nick Sirianni, despite this success, actually be on the hot seat in 2026?
Philadelphia Eagles HC Nick Sirianni could be on the hot seat when the playoffs roll around...
Bradley Locker laid out the argument for Sirianni to be on the hot seat in his "Worth Monitoring in January" section:
"Even though Sirianni owns a staggering 59-26 record with two Super Bowl berths and a title in his first five years with the Eagles, the energy around him has always felt erratic. That crescendoed during the 2025 campaign, where Philadelphia fell in the wild-card round during a season in which its offense tumbled to 21st in success rate and experienced disconnect among its superstars.
The Eagles have remained among the sport’s most talented rosters during Sirianni’s tenure, but those units have struggled to reach their potentials without elite coordinators — especially offensive ones. In light of last year’s woes, Sirianni swapped out Kevin Patullo for first-time coordinator Sean Mannion in hopes of reinvigorating a unit that traded away A.J. Brown.
With a boatload of both expensive and young talent dotting every level of the team, the Eagles figure to be competitive once again in 2026. But if Philadelphia has an encore performance of a year in which it placed only eighth in overall PFF grade, that very well might not cut it for the uber aggressive Howie Roseman and owner Jeffrey Lurie. After all, Sirianni was reportedly almost fired after both 2023 and in 2024, and his status doesn’t appear overly protected."
This is a solid summary. Describing his tenure as "erratic" is not the most inaccurate description ever. The thing with Sirianni and this current era is that things just have not stabilized out at any point, year over year.
When you have an all-time great general manager like Howie Roseman, and constantly have top-5 rosters in the league, the success simply needs to be more consistent. Sure, getting into the playoffs five years in a row is marvelous, but it's sometimes the way the Eagles have done this that has created this erratic, inconsistent energy.
This example is from over 10 years ago, but I believe it's appropriate. John Fox was the head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2011 to 2014. In those four years, Denver won the AFC West four times and even appeared in the Super Bowl. Fox's tenure yielded a 46-18 record, but the Peyton Manning-led Broncos had failed to win a championship until the team decided to replace Fox with Gary Kubiak for the 2015 season.
The front office clearly felt the pressure mounting and the window closing, so they made a move. While Sirianni's tenure hasn't unfolded exactly like Fox's did, the comparison is appropriate. Obviously, Sirianni is not a bad head coach - he's far from it, but unless this franchise takes a major step in the right direction, a move could be made.
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It would be hard to imagine that Sirianni survives into 2027 if the Eagles went one-and-done in the playoffs again, as that would be four times in six years that has happened. Given what the expectations are for this franchise, moving on after 2026 if another playoff disappointment happens would not be unlikely, and it would not at all be a bad idea.
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